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:?: My '72 Commando Interstate (bought last July) is titled with the following VIN # - 20M3S444418. This is the number stamped into the base of the engine at the left side. (I traced it for the tag shop nearby as there was no title, only a New York State registration from the seller.
Having looked at other websites, particularly about the VIN# history, I think the number must be 20M3S144418. The first "4" looks pretty clear to me but it must be a "1" as there is no such number 444418.
Previous owner tells me this is a combat engine, and when he had it rebuilt by Carl Hakanson in MA (a few years ago) the bottom end bearings were replaced with proper superblends, etc. The barrel of my engine is black. It also has BB ignition and a single Mikuni. It has a lot of compression but my 230# dropped down starts it pretty easily. Seems to run very well once warm.
Any ideas to more definitely classify my bike? What else would define it as a combat?
Thanks, Stuart Ostroff
Having looked at other websites, particularly about the VIN# history, I think the number must be 20M3S144418. The first "4" looks pretty clear to me but it must be a "1" as there is no such number 444418.
Previous owner tells me this is a combat engine, and when he had it rebuilt by Carl Hakanson in MA (a few years ago) the bottom end bearings were replaced with proper superblends, etc. The barrel of my engine is black. It also has BB ignition and a single Mikuni. It has a lot of compression but my 230# dropped down starts it pretty easily. Seems to run very well once warm.
Any ideas to more definitely classify my bike? What else would define it as a combat?
Thanks, Stuart Ostroff